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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:41:47 +0100
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Subject: Re: xparse
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From: Joseph Wright <[log in to unmask]>
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J.Fine wrote:
> The translation could be done by a script written in Python.  Knuth wrote Pascal, but you don't have to go that route either.
> 
> I'd rather the LaTeX3 team were willing to be flexible here.  There are many things that would be better done using a dynamic scripting language rather than TeX macros.

But you still need to make binaries so that at the command line a user
can type:

latex3 <myfile>

(Particularly on Windows, you can't assume *any* scripting languages
will be available "just like that". That is one reason Lua is a possible
in the longer term: if LuaTeX is installed, you can always just use the
Lua part without the TeX.)
-- 
Joseph Wright

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